Aztecs
What country are the Aztecs from?
What is Mexico
How did the people of the Andes farm hillsides?
What are terraces
What country are the Mayans from?
What is Mexico
Where did the first settlers come from?
What is Asia
What is Mesoamerica?
A geographic region in the western hemisphere that was home of the Mayan and Aztec civilizations.
What is the Aztec capital?
What is Tenochtitlan
What two countries are the Incas from?
What are Peru and Chile
What is the peninsula called where the Mayans built their cities?
What is the Yucatan
What is a ceremony hosted by wealthy families called?
What is a potlatch
What are the 3 sisters
maize, beans, and squash
What is the name of the lake where Tenochtitlan is located?
What is Lake Texcoco
What 2 types of meat did the Inca eat?
What are llama and guinea pigs
What is the oldest sport in the history of the world?
What is pok-a-tok
How did families record their history?
What are totem poles
What is a quipu?
An arrangement of knotted strings on a cord, used by the Inca to record numerical information.
Name of the game the Aztecs played?
What is Pattoli
What are the mountains called where the Inca lived?
What are the Andes Mountains
What two things did Mayans use for piercings?
Where are the Great Plains located?
West of the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains
What is a wigwam?
A round dwelling made out of poles and saplings and covered with sheets of birchbark or woven mats
When did the Aztecs exist?
1325-1521
When did the Incas exist?
1400s-1533ce
When did the Mayan civilization exist?
250-850ce
What determined the way of living for Western and Southwestern cultures?
the resources available
Who are the Olmecs?
earliest known American civilization, located in southern Mexico and known for its pyramids and huge stone heads